First Floor, 5 Rectory Road, Beckenham, BR3 1HL Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Change of use of first floor from Use Class E (Commercial, Business and Services) to Use Class C3 (Dwellinghouses) to form 1 No one bedroom apartment with associated refuse storage. Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Under consideration
No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 7 Dec 2026, from Bromley's recent changes of use.
Documents 12
Statements & assessments 1
Plans & drawings 8
Application forms 1
Site constraints 6
Checked on 13 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, Transport for London (public transport access levels, Powered by TfL Open Data, OGL v3.0, contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2025) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.
Building
From the energy performance certificate lodged in December 2020, the latest held for this property, matched to this application by its address. The building may have changed since. View the certificate
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Important details
Decision outlook
Day 16 of the 56-day target. Bromley usually decides changes of use by day 56.
Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Bromley in the last twelve months, from validation. Bromley decision record →
Public comments
Last counted 20 Oct 2026
Consultation & key dates
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- 2 Nov 2026
Historical activity at this location
25 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Nearby activity
Bromley ranks #143 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Bromley is also one of the strictest councils - it refuses more householder applications than almost any other, with only 79% approved vs 90% nationally.
Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.
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